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some Antiquarian may explain the device, which is not un- 
common in Norman doorways. I have supposed it to be a 
representation of a Lamb holding a Cross, and combating 
with the Power of Evil. Over the doorway is aniche, in 
which is a figure, probably of the Deity, a nimbus round 
the head, and with one hand held up, as in the act of 
blessing, or, it may be, holding a sceptre ; the other hand 
held a figure, perhaps that of the Son. There are four 
annulets sculptured around the niche, two on each side, 
Then follows a very singular drip (supported on queer 
corbel-heads) running for some inches above the impost- 
moulding, and enclosing both the arch and niche, extending 
to the corbel-tabling. It has no regular form whatever, 
and what arch it was meant for I cannot say. The South 
porch forms the principal entrance; the porch is of poor 
late Perpendicular, with a small West window, square- 
headed, and trefoiled. The inner doorway is Norman, 
quite plain ; but good, and the arch here is again filled up 
from the impost-moulding with a flat stone, which has a 
circle upon it. I would call attention to this door- 
way, as being the origin of the doorways with a square 
opening, we so often find. 'The chancel doorway on the 
south side is very flat, with an ogee head and drip, the 
opening, trefoiled. The buttresses to the nave on the 
north and west sides, are flat; Norman pilasters, pro- 
jecting seven and nine inches respectively, finishing on the 
North side under the corbel-table. The church has no 
parapets. The corbel block-table is the only moulding 
except the “set off” close to the ground. There is an 
elaborate Cross fleury on the gable of the South chapelry. 
The buttresses of the chancel are bold, and set angle- 
ways, running about two-thirds of the height of the Walls. 
The Illustrations to this paper are executed by Mr. T. H. Hair on 
stone, from original sketches by Mr. C. E. Giles. 
